The PricewaterhouseCoopers survey revealed a contrast between quite robust business indicators supported by healthy economic fundamentals and falling confidence, with survey respondents bracing themselves for a possible downturn in business. This article summarizes that the sectors close to the stock market showed a marked fall in confidence, although in...
Grace Cheng submits: What an unexpected start to the trading week. Today the US dollar advanced strongly against many currencies on the back of weaker-than-expected Eurozone data, and it wasn?t just any Eurozone data; it was the widely watched German IFO survey. Business confidence in Germany, Europe?s largest economy, deteriorated...
As the economic downturn yields to increasing business confidence and investment, companies are looking for new ways to jump-start business growth. The key to expansion may lie in continuous business innovation CBI, the ongoing leverage of core competencies to introduce new products and services. Many companies focus on new product...
Macroeconomics is—and will always remain—an uncertain business. With bombs falling in Afghanistan, consumer, and business confidence on a knife's edge, and the excesses and imbalances born of the so-called New Economy still to be worked off, immediate economic prospects in America are not rosy. Looking beyond the next few months...
The paper deals with a project, the goal of which is to strengthen U.S.-Thai economic relationships, facilitate international trade, enhance Thai trade competitiveness, increase business confidence in trans-Pacific trade lanes, and deter terrorist attacks that could adversely impact global commerce. The project has certain objectives and this paper attempts to...
Australia's services sector performance has fallen to a record low and contracted for the third successive month as high petrol prices and interest rates stifle consumer and business spending, a report shows.The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank performance of services index fell 4.3 index points in June to 45.4 points.It...
Economic activity in the United States remained sluggish in the first half of 2003. Businesses continued to be reluctant to undertake new projects given the unusual degree of uncertainty in the economic environment, and the softness in activity abroad crimped the demand for U.S. exports. This article also explains about...
Business conditions deteriorated sharply in June to their worst levels in six and a half years - amid a slowdown in sales, falling consumer confidence and accelerating costs, a survey says.National Australia Bank Ltd's NAB business conditions index fell seven index points to zero points in June, the weakest...
Oil's nearing $100 a barrel, and despite the stronger than expected growth rate in the third quarter, business confidence is as low as it was when the economy was just climbing out of a recession in 2002. With so many worrying statistics and gloomy predictions, it's hard to know how...
Looks matter more in business than we'd like to think. Appearance-conscious execs are even willing to submit to the knife if it'll boost their business confidence, according to Director magazine. City suits and senior executives are feeling pressured by increasingly youthful colleagues to stop the clock. One...
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Marketing budgets were cut for the third consecutive quarter and the rate of decline is "gathering to a pace not seen since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks," The Financial Times said. The newspaper, citing the Institute of Practitioners in...
By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods were unchanged in May after two consecutive months of decline, government data on Wednesday showed, while a key barometer of business confidence fell less than expected. Analysts polled by Reuters...
John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted modest gains in overseas trading. The yield on the benchmark 2 year note has declined a basis point and rests at 2.88 percent. The yield on the 5 year note has dropped 2 basis points to 3.58 percent. The...
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Manufacturers' orders fell in July and business confidence tumbled but price pressures rose at their sharpest rate in more than 18 years, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Confederation of British Industry's industrial trends survey showed the total order books balance...
The Australian share market is expected to open the week in a volatile mood following fresh fears on Wall Street about the financial health of two huge home loan firms.New concerns about the stability of US firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which together own or guarantee around 40...
By Jonathan Cable and Hideyuki Sano LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Soaring commodity costs are denting manufacturing activity in Asia and Europe and the outlook looks bleak as new orders drop off in the face of rising prices, surveys showed on Tuesday. Manufacturing activity in...
